Hides vs. Intelligence?

I already did that the first time, I had the black one on the cold side.... thought maybe the cave one was too small and that why she didnt want to go back to it...and preffered the larger black one cuz it had more room... guess I was wrong... cuz when I placed her back in the cage this time around this is what she had chose...I did the switch around a day ago when changing my paper towel from a shed.

As long as you provide proper hot/ambient temps , she'll be ok. In regards to intelligence, as someone already mentioned, it's all instinct. What's the cold side temp?

instead of getting a larger hide for the cool side, you could try using a smaller hide for the warm side ? then she will have 2 hides to choose from but they will both be snug

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Originally Posted by Vudu_Meg

How long is an average amount of time for a snake to stay on a cool side? Ive yet to see mine manually move themselves from the cool side...

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Mine tends to only use the cool side during breeding season.

The cool side varies a bit but stays around 78-81°. Depending on nightime and daytime temps, I switch between a reg light bulb during the day and red heat light at night because my ambient temps alone are too low in the basement here to provide adequete warmth for the cool side.

Seems like everything is all ok, this morning I actually saw here when I came out of the shower, switch from the cool side hide and go directly from that hide to the warm side.

Out of curiosity, how are you measuring the warm side temp?

Some BPs seem to prefer temps in the upper 80s. If it is a constant 91, maybe try lowering it to 88-89.